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Costantino, Mark Americus

Born April 9, 1920, in Staten Island, NYDied June 17, 1990, in Staten Island, NY

Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New YorkNominated by Richard M. Nixon on April 26, 1971, to a new seat authorized by 84 Stat. 294. Confirmed by the Senate on May 20, 1971, and received commission on May 20, 1971. Assumed senior status on December 1, 1987. Service terminated on June 17, 1990, due to death.

Education: Brooklyn Law School, LL.B., 1947

Professional Career:

U.S. Army private, 1942-1946
Special deputy attorney general, State of New York, 1947-1951
Private practice, Staten Island, New York, 1951-1956
Judge, City Court of New York, 1956-1966
Acting justice, Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, 1957-1971
Judge, New York City Civil Court, 1966-1971

Portraits

Hon. Mark A. Costantino; artist unknown; Photograph; n.d.; Reproduced in Jeffrey B. Morris, To Administer Justice on Behalf of All the People: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1965-1990 (n.p., 1992): 12.

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